Apple Podcasts
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- Profile analysed
- Jun 16, 2026
- App updated
- Sep 14, 2026
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- App Store · Store data seen: Oct 18, 2026 · Recently checked
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What it actually doesApple Podcasts is a podcast listening app featuring personalized recommendations, synchronization across Apple devices, and offline downloads, but experiences significant accessibility issues in Russia and playback instability.
Actually does
- ✓Podcasts85% of reviews
- ✓Offline-first15% of reviews
- ✓Subscription(bonus)5% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Sync across devices
- ⚠Обнаружение новых подкастов по категориям и топ-чартам
- ⚠Push Notifications
- ⚠Управление воспроизведением (скорость, таймер сна, очередь)
- ⚠Функция «Улучшение диалогов»
- ⚠Читаемые расшифровки подкастов
- ⚠File sharing
- ⚠watchOS support
- ⚠iOS widgets
- ⚠Personalized Recommendations
- ⚠CarPlay Support
Common complaints
- ✗Podcasts unavailable in Russia after 202330% of mentions
«On iOS 18 and later 90% of podcasts don't work. ALREADY BEEN 6 MONTHS they don't work no matter WHERE I listen, THROUGH WHAT I listen»
- ✗Unstable playback, crashes, random startup failures20% of mentions
«Podcasts randomly play or stop playing. If one episode won't start, for some reason the others stop working too. Only reinstalling the app helps»
- ✗Podcast download failure (hangs, won't download)15% of mentions
«Why did all podcasts stop downloading? Download starts and then nothing happens! Podcasts stopped downloading over mobile internet and Wi-Fi»
- ✗Sync failure between devices (iPad, Apple TV)8% of mentions
«For the second month, the podcast list won't update on iPad, and recently it also stopped updating on TV»
- ✗App automatically deletes listened episodes despite settings5% of mentions
«It deletes played episodes on its own, even though it's disabled in settings»
What people praise
- ★Convenient offline listening without internet
«My podcast app works without internet, I can listen to podcasts even in the forest or in a parking lot»
- ★Wide selection of interesting podcasts (when it works)
«The app is great, lots of interesting content»
- ★Convenient interface and user experience
«Great app»
- ★Integration with other Apple services (Music, News)